diff --git a/src/frontends/wx/wx_frontend.cpp b/src/frontends/wx/wx_frontend.cpp
index 9234469..fbc4889 100644
--- a/src/frontends/wx/wx_frontend.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/wx/wx_frontend.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 #include "frontends/wx/wx_frame.hpp"
 
+#include "core/app/script.hpp"
 #include "core/domain/connect.hpp"
 #include "core/domain/modules.hpp"
 #include "core/domain/persist.hpp"
@@ -74,8 +75,15 @@ void WxFrontend::BootDispatch(const std::string &raw) {
                  + std::to_string(sys_->connections()->size())
                  + " connection(s))\n";
     } else if (cmd == "source") {
-        output_ += "source: the wx frontend has no script interpreter "
-                   "(use the tui frontend for scripts).\n";
+        ensure_system();
+        std::ostringstream out;
+        app::ScriptResult r = app::run_script(sys_, arg, out);
+        output_ += out.str();
+        if (!r.ok)
+            output_ += "source: " + r.error + "\n";
+        else
+            output_ += "source: " + arg + "  (" + std::to_string(r.lines)
+                     + " line(s), " + std::to_string(r.errors) + " error(s))\n";
     } else if (!cmd.empty()) {
         output_ += "boot: ignored '" + raw + "'.\n";
     }